James Randi, magician, skeptical of paranormal & supernatural-LA 4/28/11

[chrispeeez]

Randi can't rule out anything he doesn't fully understand ...But he does try.

[raydredX]

lol These questions are kinda... something...

[PlateMailArmored]

Thanks for the interview. Randi always amazing. One of the few amazing humans alive, a pitty he is so old. Hang tough Randi!

[kylebossify]

being a true skeptic..I am quite skeptical of the paranormal..but I am also quite skeptical of science..as far as scientific claims being epistemologically proven, I can't agree.

[raydredX]

@kylebossify No science theory is proven. If someone tells you that, tell them to go plant peanuts.

Skeptic about science? Why? Skeptic about scientific theories? Sure. Find what's wrong with them, what to change in them, find a better one.

We just get better and better theories never knowing for sure that our theories are right, never to have them proven, that's being honest. If it works cool, if it doesn't we get something better.

[kylebossify]

@raydredX I am skeptical of the very philosophical basis of scientific thought. Granted, if I had to take a stab at the way the world works, I would be emotionally (as opposed to empirically) inclined to support scientific thought. Science is derived from materialism. like all of the metaphysical beliefs, materialism lacks irrefutable evidence supporting it's validity. This is radical skepticism, and it serves to cast doubt on all claims, suggesting that nothing can be "known"

[raydredX]

@kylebossify Like all beliefs,anything lacks irrefutable evidence supporting its validity.

You can't prove anything for sure. "But logic lets me prove some very fundamental stuff like: if A is B; and B is C; then A in C."

But you can't prove logic. Logic works, it makes perfect sense. I use it and I love it.

Science's peculiar sometimes, but it works better than any other method for discovering our world. When something looks wrong, we look for a better explanation. This is honesty.

[tweaker1bms]

@raydredX Exactly. In turn you have to ask, what will you use to disprove logic.... a logical argument? :P The proof is more in the pudding than self consistency, but that is at least something.

[raydredX]

@tweaker1bms I simply won't disprove or proove logic but accept it anyway. (You could actually prove logic isn't self consistent using logic itself but it is.)

[tweaker1bms]

@raydredX I thought we were arguing for a sec lol. Yeah the best way I've heard it is akin to the "meta-experiment" of science in itself. We don't know for sure if it's right, so we look towards it's results. Science and logic yield results, so the likelihood of them being wrong is very very slim. Paradoxes may indicate needs for fixes in esoteric areas, but by no means does this call for doing away with it altogether. Both are quite fun stuff wouldn't you say? ;)

[raydredX]

@tweaker1bms Definitely. Even though I don't work on pure logic alone. Or maybe I do because everything follows from logic? Anyway, yes they're definitely fun.

[tweaker1bms]

@raydredX Well, a form of logic, or rather a certain set of rules, but this doesn't mean no rules at all are possible for success. Anyone arguing that logic overall is bs will have to appeal to some system of rules/logic to make their case, thus it's a self-defeating statement.

[raydredX]

@tweaker1bms It's been a long time and my memory is around the lowest I've found in non-mentally ill people. Anyway I guess you're talking about the "I don't work on pure logic alone" which I end up working actually?

Well, yeh you get a bunch of logical rules. And you make some stuff up like math or something which is one of the main things I love to work with. I think I was referring to dealing with more argumentative, very true/false based areas of study.

[imjoebrady]

@whererestlesssoulsgo The implications are pretty clear, as ambiguous as they might seem on the surface. He's been in this line of work long enough to conclusively state that supernatural phenomena don't exist. If put to the question, he'd definitively throw it in with that - his other videos highlight that.

[johnanthonykielb]

Do you feel sick sometimes Randi ? As your getting older is there pain in your body like the chest area or digestive area or bowelll problems Randi ? please answer .

[johnanthonykielb]

dam randi , are you part russian ; because of your hairy eyebrows ! lol !

[johnanthonykielb]

HA HA HA ! TIME FOR YOU TO GO TO THE GRAVE RANDI ! how entertaining ! ; will you contact me randi after you pass pls ...

[johnanthonykielb]

@mightandglory HAHAHAHHA EHEHEHEHEH JEJEJEJE AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH !

[imjoebrady]

@johnanthonykielb Why are you so dense? You seem to not like non-believers just because they're non-believers. He's fairer than others: no empirical evidence = not practical to believe. Listen to the message before you post unintelligent responses.

[derpdaderpdadeedaley]

@johnanthonykielb ALL CAPS- check Knows the difference between "to" and "too" or "your" and "you're"?- No Randi will die when he dies, then he will go into the ground and eventually decompose. Until then, he's busy kicking ass, taking names and sharing thoughts that are too profound for trolls like yourself to understand.

[johnanthonykielb]

@derpdaderpdadeedaley You pathetic creep ! WITH CAPS LOLZ ! ps. sorry for not replying sooner but this discusion is so boring. sincerily , from john kileb , god bless.

[nadoeloiskat]

that clock trick was embarrasing.

[martinkft]

i dare james randi to go in the hospital and go up in the upper level of the hospital and say there is no ghost i dare him to dare the ghosts there :D

[weepingmidwinter]

Unicorns are real! They are goats though not horses. The Grey Wizard has some! Look it up if you don't believe me. Dragons are dinosaurs, duh.

[johnanthonykielb]

TIME FOR YOU TO PASS AWAY RANDI ; YOUR GETTING TO OLD , SIGH , SO , WHERE DO WE PUT NON BELIEVERS LIKE YOU ? MMMM ?

[Saxonation]

@johnanthonykielb Bawwwwww

[Commentsboxcaughtme]

@TheOptimistPrime because of all the crazy Christian fundamentalists in this country who would try to tear him apart simply for being gay. His concerns were perfectly valid, because unfortunately, bigoted religious fanatics exist.

[Commentsboxcaughtme]

@TheOptimistPrime All of your arguments directly attack his character rather than his arguments, and you don't even personally know the man. Yet, according to your arguments, you have complete knowledge of the kind of man he is. Isn't that ego-statistical? Claiming that your assumptions about his character are 100% true, with no room for error, even when you don't know him? And he has damn good reason to not tell the world he's gay (even though his close friends and family knew)

[Commentsboxcaughtme]

@TheOptimistPrime All of your posts operate on false assumptions and vague arguments. If I were to ask Richard Dawkins, PZ Meyers, or James Randi if they thought love was a dirty word, do you honestly think they would say yes? Why on earth would they? Since when does being skeptical disable your capacity to love? How are those two even related? And then you make the vague argument, "Can I prove love to others?" How on earth do you define "proving love to others"? Proving that it exists?

[evpinvestigations]

@TheOptimistPrime Indeed!

[evpinvestigations]

Hey, can you prove it James Randi. We have more proof of EVP being real than you have of anything you many believe. James we are not computors we are part of nature not machine. Who cares how you see our world in100 years from now. Why not ask the guy next to you on the bus, he might have a better answer. It is not so amazing now. Even if you don't believe in god you will become a spirit. I could take your million dollars if the contract did not have "I am always right" claus. Annie:)

[abyssofdreams]

@evpinvestigations

Brain damage and buttersnap shitfuckery.

Please do everybody a favour and stop spamming videos with your esoteric bullcrap, please.

[evpinvestigations]

@abyssofdreams Don't you know everyone is entitled to freedom of speech in USA. Now isn't that amazing. Why you worship James Randi I don't know.

[evpinvestigations]

@abyssofdreams Name calling how intelligent you must be

[evpinvestigations]

James Randi will never part with that dusty million dollars. I believe his contract with those who try to prove the exsistants of spirits that speak to us by EVP has a loop whole. One for James Randi to say he is always right even if he is wrong. I guess he will just have to wait and see when he passes away. If he really does believe what he is saying he should be shocked but, he will probubaly say he knew all along. Annie:)

[evpinvestigations]

Dying is a natural part of life, it is not the end as James Randi will find out when he passes away. Life is just a part of a cycle of a living being. The cycle continues beyond live into the afterlife and so on. There is plenty in the form of electronic voice phenomena. communication between the living and dead is a fact. Perhaps Mr. Randy does not believe in this because of deception from some individuals including himself. Deceivers believe others are like them,deceivers

[MiPerroJesuCristo]

@evpinvestigations

You blieve in Santaclaus too? lol

[evpinvestigations]

@MiPerroJesuCristo You brought it us so I guess the question is do you